STOCK MARKET

Wairarapa Daily Times, 12 March 1932, Page 3

STOCK MARKET

FEILDING SALE. FEILDING, Friday. Prices for fat sheep at the stock sale to-day remained at about last week’s level. At these prices there was a free sale, both exporters and butchers operating briskly. Fat ewes: Primes!', 21/(>; very prime, 9/2 to 10/-; good, S/ll) to 8/2; medium, 7/7 to 8/-; poor, from 5/1 to 0/10. lat blackfaces, good, 10/0; fair, P/0. Fat 2tooths, primes-t and heavy, 11/0; very good, 1.1/4 to 11/7. Fat lambs, very prime, 17/-; ]>rime, 13/- to 10/7; good, jo/- to 13/9; lighter, from 9/6. Fat wethers, primes!, 14/- to 14/6; prime, i:;/- ; good, 10/4 to 11/1. There was a large yarding of store sheep, including a large proportion of breeding ewes, for which the demand was good, and indications are that the market is not yet satisfied, though it is getting on in the season lor farmers who have not yet made their necessary purchases. Two-tooth ewes, I!>A to l;i/9; 2-tooth and 4-tooth ewes, PI/-; 6-tooth to 4-year ewes, 11/6; 4-vcar ewes, 9/9 to 10/-; 4 and -'-year ewes, 6/- to P/1; wether lambs, ‘woolly, P/2; shorn, -1/2; b.f. lambs, 8/- to S/1; ewe lambs, 8/3; 2-tooth wethers, P/2; cull ewes, 1/2 to 4/6. There was a small yarding of fat cattle.' Fat cows, good weight, £2 to £2/S/-; light, from 20/- up; fat heifers, £2/18/- to £2/2/-. Store Cattle. —Weaner heifers, good condition, £2; others from 16/-; store cows, 12/6; to £2; heifers, r.w.b., 22/to £2/12/-: potter bulls, 2-1/- to £2/12/-. There was a small yarding of dairy stock. Very good springing cows guaranteed sound, £O/2/6; others, £7 />>/-: poor, from £2/10/-; heifers in milk, £2 10/-.—(P.A.) CARTERTON SALE. Associated Live Stock Auctioneers, Ltd., report: —We offered a fair yarding at Carterton yesterday to the usual j attendance. Hiding was good throughout and we effected a total clearance at very satisfactory prices. The following are details: —Sheep: 6-tli to 5yr ewes 10/-, store ewes 5/5, fat ewes 6/6 to 8/6, fwd ewes 5/- to 6/6, store ewes 2/6 to 2/6, fat 2-th 12/10, fat lambs 12/10 to 14/- (very prime), S.D. rams 10/- to 28/-. Cattle: Cows in milk £2/16/- to £6/10/-, cow on drop £S/7/6, empty cows 10/- to 25/-, bull £2/15/-. Pigs: Weaner pigs, 6/- to S/6; slips, 9/- to 12/6; sows, 27/6.

The N.Z. Farmers’ Co-op. Distributing Co., Ltd., report on their usual weekly sale held at Carterton yesterday as follows: —Our entry consisted of " 420 sheep, all of which met with keen competition and were sold at auction at prices slightly better than last week. The following were the prices: Good b.f. rape lambs 9/4, medium do. 7/-, medium shorn wether lambs 6/2, wolly do. 5/7 to 6/-, do. ewe lambs 6/7, small do. 4/- to 5/-, cull lambs 2/1 to 4/2 fat ewes 6/9, forward ewes 4/9, ni.a. ewes 7/2, 2-tooth ewes 9/-, 2-tooth wethers S/9. EKETAHUNA SALE. At their Elietahuna sale on Thursday Associated Live 'Stock Auctioneers, Ltd., offered a yarding of 4200 sheep, the biggest this season, and also several pens of cattle. In keeping with other markets, prices for older ewes were slightly easier. Young ewes, wethers and lambs met with a good demand and practically a total clearance was effected ‘at prices well up to recent market rates. A special entry of 160 5-yr ewes on account of C. T. Richardson topped the market in older ewes at 10/-. Prices were as follow: —Sheep: 114 5-yr ewes 6/9, 14S do. 6/1, 122 do. S/-, 95 do. 8/9, 42 do. 6/6, 42 s.m. ewes 5/-, 21 do. 4/9, 46 do. 6/9, 54 do. 5/4, 22 do. 6/6, 40 do. 4/11, 40 do. 6/4, 49 do. 4/10, 5 do. 5/1, 129 2-th ewes 10/-, 100 do. 'B/7, 65 do. 11/2, 40 do. S/2, 222 do. 10/2, SO do. 9/-, 207 2 and 4-tli wethers 9/10, 47 do. 9/6, 44 for-,".i-d b f. lambs 9/2. 45 b.f. lambs 7/10, 60 do. 6/1, 36 do. 7/6, 45 do. 7/10, 17 do. 5/6, 104 wether lambs 5/8, 85 do. 4/7, 2S do. 6/10, 119 do. 4/S, SO do. 6/1, 29 do. 7/8, 51 do. 6/2, 77 ewe lambs 5/8, 112 do. 6/-. small lambs 2/8 to 4/6, fat lambs 9/10 to 11/6, 1-sh S.D. rams j' to 24gns, 1-sh Romney rams lgn to ljgn3. Cattle: Dairy heifers r.w.b. 6 at £2, 5 at £2/11/-, 9 at £2 16/-, 1 at £2/12/-, weaner dairy heifers,’ll at 19/6, 1 at £l/2/-; heifers with calves, 27/6; cows in calf, £1 12/6. Pigs: Weaners, 4/- to 6/-.